This week, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast,” Bazillion Points) welcomes guest Albert Mudrian, editor of Decibel and author of the newly revised and expanded CHOOSING DEATH: An Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore, for a plunge into the rich pageant of death metal in 1991, a quarter-century ago. Mudrian reveals the year’s essential tracks as pulled from his book, and Bloody Roots explodes with the revolutionary sounds of Morbid Angel, Death, Carcass, Paradise Lost, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, Dismember, and many more. Wreck the halls, and know your Roots!

Bloody Roots is Sound of the Beast author (and Bazillion Points publisher) Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, region, or theme in metal, punk, and heavy rock. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.

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Very cool show as I was 17 years old when all this happened. I was living in Costa Rica, where there was thriving underground movement that would eventually blossom into a very well-established Death and Death-Thrash scene. The only two bands that I’m missing here are Sepultura with Arise (1991) and Pestilence with Testimony of the Ancients (1991).